{"id":31560,"date":"2020-03-02T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=31560"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:59:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T14:59:03","slug":"northern-lights-inspired-arctic-blue-gin-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/nordlichtern-inspiriert-arctic-blue-gin-verpackung\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by the northern lights: Arctic Blue Gin packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mets\u00e4 Board, European manufacturer of premium fresh fibre paperboard and a Mets\u00e4 Group company, has used an impressive holographic effect to showcase its Arctic Blue Gin packaging design inspired by the Northern Lights.<\/p>\n<p>The Finnish wine and spirits producer Arctic Brands Group commissioned Mets\u00e4 Board to design the unusual packaging from the lightweight folding boxboard Mets\u00e4Board Pro FBB Bright.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31562\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31562\" title=\"Arctic Blue Gin packaging\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w.jpg\" alt=\"Arctic Blue Gin packaging\" width=\"500\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-600x678.jpg 600w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-1814x2048.jpg 1814w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mets\u00e4_Arctic_Blue_Gin_v2_w-1320x1491.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Arctic Blue gin packaging is inspired by the northern lights (Image: Mets\u00e4 Group , Jukka Koskinen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mets\u00e4 Board developed the packaging structure, the original graphics and the embossing. For the <strong>Northern lights motif<\/strong> printing process is used on Envirofoil, a plastic-free material from the paper processor Hazen with <strong>holographic metallisation effect<\/strong>. It requires only 1% of the aluminium used in conventional film laminates, making it a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-772380868\"><div id=\"packa-488216386\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eWe wanted to convey the image of a clear, crisp winter's night with exotic Northern Lights flaring up. Such a complex printing process places high demands on the material. Smoothness and rigidity are important requirements. Therefore, the <strong>Cardboard quality<\/strong> have a particularly uniformly smooth surface and excellent folding and creasing properties, while at the same time offering first-class economy and environmental compatibility,\u201d explains <strong>Mark Beamesderfer<\/strong>, Packaging Services Director at Mets\u00e4 Board America.<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Source: Mets\u00e4 Board<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The packaging design of the Arctic Blue Gin packaging, inspired by the Northern Lights, was staged by Mets\u00e4 Board with an impressive holographic effect.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,113],"tags":[48,46,58699,32,1487],"class_list":{"0":"post-31560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-marketing-und-design","8":"category-produkte","9":"tag-getraenke","10":"tag-marketing-und-design","11":"tag-metsae-board","12":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","13":"tag-papier-pappe-karton","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}